Race and Attitudes Toward Local Police

Peek, Charles W.; Lowe, George D.; Alston, Jon P.

doi:10.1177/002193478101100308

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“…This result is congruent with the findings from several previous studies that stress the importance of age in shaping citizens' satisfaction with police (Hurst & Frank, 2000;Peek et al, 1981;Weitzer & Tuch, 2002;Wilson, 1985).…”

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confidence: 91%

“…It has been widely observed that younger citizens tend to have less favorable attitudes toward police than older citizens (Hurst & Frank, 2000;Weitzer & Tuch, 2002), although this relationship has received less than consistent support (Decker, 1981). Some researchers argue that age is a stronger predictor of attitudes than race, gender, or socialization (Peek, Lowe, & Alston, 1981;Wilson, 1985). Others, however, observe that the relationship between age and attitudes is unstable (Smith & Hawkins, 1973).…”

Section: Age and Gendermentioning

confidence: 99%

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Race, Class or Neighborhood Context: Which Matters More in Measuring Satisfaction with Police?

Wu¹,

Sun²,

Triplett³

2009

Justice Quarterly

260

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The primary purpose of this study is to assess the relative effects of race and class, at both individual and neighborhood levels, on public satisfaction with police. Using hierarchical linear modeling on 1,963 individuals nested within 66 neighborhoods, this study analyzes how individual-level variables, including race, class, age, gender, victimization and contact with police, and neighborhood-level factors, including racial composition, concentrated disadvantage, residential mobility and violent crime rate, influence residents' satisfaction with police. The results from the individual-level analysis indicate that both race and class are equally important predictors. African Americans and lower-class people tend to be less satisfied with police. The significant effects of race and class, however, disappear when neighborhood-level characteristics are considered simultaneously. Neighborhood racial composition affects satisfaction with police, with residents in predominately White and racially mixed neighborhoods having more favorable attitudes than those in predominately African American communities. Further analyses reveal that African Americans in economically advantaged neighborhoods are less likely than Whites in the same kind of neighborhoods to be satisfied with police, whereas African Americans and Whites in disadvantaged communities hold similar levels of satisfaction with police. Implications for future research and policy are discussed.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

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Section: Age and Gendermentioning

confidence: 99%

Race, Class or Neighborhood Context: Which Matters More in Measuring Satisfaction with Police?

Wu¹,

Sun²,

Triplett³

2009

Justice Quarterly

260

267

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“…This ®nding has also been reported in other early research (Murphy & Watson, 1970;Peek et al, 1981;Raine, 1970 Wortley et al (1997) ®nd a similar result for well-educated blacks in Canada.…”

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“…Schuman et al (1997) note that``it is middle-class blacks who express the most impatience with the pace of civil rights activity. '' 2 With regards to American legal institutions, numerous researchers have observed unique non-linear class-based patterns among African Americans (Brooks, 2000;Hagan & Albonetti, 1982;Murphy & Watson, 1970;Peek, Lowe, & Alston, 1981;Raines, 1970;Smith, Graham, & Adams, 1991;Weitzer & Tuch, 1999;Wortley, Hagan & Macmillan, 1997). Better-off African Americans have generally been found to be less supportive of the American legal system (the police excepted).…”

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Race, income, and perceptions of the U.S. court system

Brooks

Jeon–Slaughter

2001

Behavioral Sci & The Law

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This article reports on the effect of income within race on African Americans' perception of the courts. Our findings are somewhat consistent with the previous research on black middle-class relative dissatisfaction with various American institutions. That is, unlike whites and Latirios in our study, we find that higher-income African Americans are more skeptical of the notion that blacks receive equal treatment in the courts. This same group also reported less confidence in the court's handling of specific types of cases (e.g., civil, criminal and juvenile delinquency cases.) However, better off blacks were more likely than poor blacks to have confidence in the U.S. Supreme Court and community courts. These findings point a more complex account of African American perceptions of the courts, an account that draws a distinction between diffused and specific support of the courts.

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Racial differences in attitudes toward crime control

Secret

Johnson

1989

Journal of Criminal Justice

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Race and Attitudes Toward Local Police

Cited by 52 publications

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Race, Class or Neighborhood Context: Which Matters More in Measuring Satisfaction with Police?

Race, Class or Neighborhood Context: Which Matters More in Measuring Satisfaction with Police?

Race, income, and perceptions of the U.S. court system

Racial differences in attitudes toward crime control

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